The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz said today, Monday, that the Israeli police could have refrained from storming the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacking the worshipers, which pushed the situation to security tension and the firing of rockets from more than one front.

The newspaper referred to the passage of the past two days with relative calm in the Al-Aqsa Mosque after it stopped storming at night and attacking Palestinian worshipers in it, noting that it was possible to act in a similar way last week and avoid storming the mosque.

Officers in the Israeli police claimed that the raid was aimed at preventing Palestinians from hurling pilgrims and throwing the firecrackers they brought into the mosque, while in the past two days no similar tools were entered, while in the Islamic Waqf there is a conviction that until last week it was possible to prevent the break-in. And reach a truce without entering into a violent conflict. As the paper says.

And the newspaper adds: “As with any “what if” question, there is no definitive answer to this dilemma, but after the recent events, the citizens of Israel have the right to know who decided to storm the mosque, and did he take into account all the risks and consult all the relevant authorities, and whether The fact that the Ministry of National Security is headed by a person (Ben Gvir) who appears unfit for the position influenced this set of considerations."

The newspaper pointed out that today will begin the first of the last ten nights of Ramadan, which will be particularly sensitive, noting that the Israeli government must decide whether it will respect the status quo by stopping the storming of the mosque during these days, or prefer to expose Israelis and Palestinians to danger. In order to try to show its sovereignty and a small group of "Temple activists" over Al-Aqsa.

In another report, the same newspaper said that Al-Aqsa Mosque, as it was clear and expected for the Israeli government and the security establishment, is at the heart of the current escalation, stressing that caution could have been taken when storming it, especially the use of violence against worshipers, especially since what was published of video clips was clear that It will cause an escalation of the situation, which resulted in the firing of rockets from every front, and the implementation of shooting operations in the West Bank.

The newspaper indicates that in the previous government in 2022, the behavior was different and there was great care to neutralize the state of tension, especially in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa, and therefore there were no storming of the mosque and attacking the worshipers, and political steps were taken towards the relationship with the United States and the Arab countries and an attempt to strengthen the Palestinian Authority, Ramadan passed relatively quietly.

And the newspaper says: “This time the situation is different, in the office of the Minister of National Security sits a clown preoccupied with provocations on Twitter and every time he interferes in what is happening under his leadership the situation gets worse, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is busy with a hundred other problems most of which are of his own making, and perhaps most of all In recent months, the government removed seat belts when relations with the United States, Jordan, and the Gulf states soured due to security tensions in the past months in the West Bank, and internal crises.. It can be said that when there is no one to help calm the situation, it is difficult to stop escalation in Jerusalem.